Off Grid Internet: Homesteader’s Guide to Starlink
Internet has been one of our biggest struggles on this little hilltop homestead. For some, the internet may seem like an unnecessary luxury. Many off-grid folks rely on cell phone
1 Year of Off Grid Living
I’d honestly hoped to have some important lessons we’d learned this year to write about, but honestly, there isn’t. Maybe that’s the biggest takeaway, that off-grid living isn’t that different
Key Elements of an Off Grid Homestead
For a few short weeks there I was really feeling like we had a handle on everything. Then of course the reality of this life we’ve chosen came crashing back
Building the Foundation for an Off Grid Home
Beautiful houses aren’t built in a day. That’s what I have to keep reminding myself anyways. Seriously though things are going really well. We just got a third wall up
How We Chose Our Off Grid Homesite
We’re going off the grid! Okay don’t get too excited yet, it’ll be awhile. I know in many posts I’ve mentioned our new homesite but now I’m finally going to
Living Cell Phone Free
Alright so we do have a cell phone. It’s just not the kind “normal people” have. We have a flip phone, tracfone thingy that gets minutes each month. Scott
The Complete Guide to Haying Without Machinery
Recently we were given the opportunity to hay a part of a a local field that was too steep to cut with a tractor. Since we don’t have
Living Without a Microwave
Now let me start this by saying we definitely didn’t set out to live microwave free it just kind of happened. The microwave at our new place died and we
Simple & Cheap Homemade Laundry Detergent
We’re snowed in! Well we could get out, but it has been snowing since yesterday at 9am and is just starting to taper off now. Even Scott’s work was canceled
